Host-gut microbiota interaction in health and disease using Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism

The resident gut bacteria of the gastrointestinal tract (gut microbiota) have been known to influence the immune system. Yet the role of the immune system in shaping the gut microbiota composition across an organism's lifespan remains unclear. Previous work in mice has been conflicting and thus...

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Main Author: Mistry, Rupal
Other Authors: Ligoxygakis, Petros
Published: University of Oxford 2016
Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.730230